Lightweight scope for lightweight rig

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Hello, I recently purchased a Howa Alpine in 308win and it's going to be my go to hunting rifle (replacing my vanguard 308 heavy barrel+vortex hst). I'm looking for a lightweight scope with preferably adjustable parallax. 2-10 power or close to it, less than 50mm objective. Now 25mm or 30mm tube doesn't matter too much as I don't have rings for it yet but looking at Talley lightweights or a rail + rings which I know would be heavier but it would be more more options for rings and eye relief.

Gotta sell my previous vanguard and maybe the scope on it to fund this so I wanna say my budget is around $1000.

So what does CGN suggest? I've thought about the Swaro Z3 but it doesn't have adjustable parallax but it does fit the bill in all other aspects.
 
Can I ask why you want adjustable parallax? It’s really not required on a hunting rig. At reasonable hunting ranges (<600) the parallax error is very low. Unless your lightweight 308 is for long range gophers.
 
For what you are looking at I would look at the leupold vx3i line. Some excellent scopes in the 13 to 14 ounce range with 40mm objectives.
 
Camoman1 said:
Can I ask why you want adjustable parallax? It’s really not required on a hunting rig. At reasonable hunting ranges (<600) the parallax error is very low. Unless your lightweight 308 is for long range gophers.
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I thought the parallax error was higher than what you describe. Def. not for gophers. If parallax is good up to 500 then I won't need it.
 
The older Leupold VX-III 2.5-8x36mm fit that bill for myself on a mountain rifle, you can get lightly used ones on the EE here regularly I've seen, great scope, I've used it in extremely cold hunts (-53 with Windchill) through to rainy/snow/hot conditions and never had a issue with clarity, (just don't exhale directly into it in the cold as any other scope-that was a lucky yote) it's a light compact unit,
 
play.soccer said:
I thought the parallax error was higher than what you describe. Def. not for gophers. If parallax is good up to 500 then I won't need it.
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Most hunting rifles have a set parallax at 150 or 200 yards, your MAX error at 600 would be 6.6cm or 4.4cm with a 44mm objective lens. And that is MAX, so you would have to be looking through your scope as crooked as possible to get those errors. Issues arise with longer ranges and/or with adjustable parallaxes, lets say you have a 50mm objective and you forget you adjustable parallax set to 25 yards, now at 600 yards your max error is 575mm.. you probably won't get the full error because your eye won't be looking through the edge of the scope, but there still the possibility for some major error, especially in a rushed hunting situation.

Its way more likely that a guy would forget his parallax set at a distance way to low/high, or pulling your rifle out of a case and it turns the parallax all the down/up. Its just a marketing hype used so they can charge a guy more for something he really doesn't need.

See the error equation and more here :http://rimfirebenchrest.com/articles/parallax.html
 
Camoman1 said:
Most hunting rifles have a set parallax at 150 or 200 yards, your MAX error at 600 would be 6.6cm or 4.4cm with a 44mm objective lens. And that is MAX, so you would have to be looking through your scope as crooked as possible to get those errors. Issues arise with longer ranges and/or with adjustable parallaxes, lets say you have a 50mm objective and you forget you adjustable parallax set to 25 yards, now at 600 yards your max error is 575mm.. you probably won't get the full error because your eye won't be looking through the edge of the scope, but there still the possibility for some major error, especially in a rushed hunting situation.

Its way more likely that a guy would forget his parallax set at a distance way to low/high, or pulling your rifle out of a case and it turns the parallax all the down/up. Its just a marketing hype used so they can charge a guy more for something he really doesn't need.

See the error equation and more here :http://rimfirebenchrest.com/articles/parallax.html
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Thank you, very informative post regarding the parallax. Probably gonna get the Z3 now, never had a swaro, had lots of leupold and may as well try something new.
 
might not be enough magnification for you but the Leupold 2-7x28 is 8 oz.
I was looking for the lightest possible variable power scope for a custom lightweight DAR 22 build for my kids and it fit the bill nicely.
Of course Swarovski makes fantastic lightweight options also.
 
I have a Vortex Razor HD LH and am extremely pleased with how easy it is to get behind...and also how light it is. Great glass...I was told they are being discontinued by Vortex so you can probably find one for a good deal...Cabela's had them on sale last week.
 
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